Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #144 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 25 Jul 98 Volume 16 : Issue 144 Today's Topics: Q: Drop down menue in System 7.5? (Q) Computing day number (Q) Font management question (Q) WDEF Leopard [Q] Looking for a Font Called Hog Book Info-Mac Digest V16 #141 No dial tone Q: Applescript task The Mac Revival Two new technologies The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . 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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #144" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:51:14 +0000 From: MWINTER@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk Subject: Q: Drop down menue in System 7.5? Hi all, I seem to remember that I could set the menue to "drop down" instead of "pull down" in System 7.5 - but I can't remember on how it is done. Can anyone enlighten me? TIA. Markus Edinburgh P.S. I'm perfectly happy with "pull down" on my PowerMac, but on my PowerBook 160 I'd prefer "drop down" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:02:00 -0700 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Computing day number Does anyone know of a simple application that computes a date (month and day) for a given year from a day number (1-365 in a regular year, 1-366 in a leap year) and vice versa? Thanks! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:03:00 -0700 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Font management question Upon installing a variety of graphics and greeting card preparation programs, I am wondering whether I have exceeded the number of fonts the system can have at any one time. I saw a error message about having more than 128 fonts. (I am currently running OS 8.1 on a Power Mac 7500). Is the system limit 128 files in the font folder or 128 font families (some files seem to be the same font but one is normal, one is bold, etc.)? How can I check how many font (families?) that the system sees? What is the best way to manage more than 128 font (families?)? Can one activate groups of fonts and deactivate other groups without rebooting? In particular, can this activation/deactivation be tied to launches of particular programs? Are there recommended freeware/shareware applications to do this activation/deactivation on the fly or, if necessary, upon rebooting? Thanks for whatever advice is offered! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:43:04 -0700 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) WDEF Leopard While installing OS 8.1 and moving over non-Apple elements in the previous system folder, I came across the control panel "WDEF Leopard". Is the problem that this was addressing under 7.x still present under 8.x and, consequently, is it useful to keep this control panel in under 8.x? Thanks in advance! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:38:14 -0400 From: Keith E Gatling Subject: [Q] Looking for a Font Called Hog Book I just got a letter from a friend of mine done in a font she said is called Hog Book (there's also a Hog Bold). She said she found it while playing around in Word Perfect 6.1 for Windows (yeah...one of them), but doesn't know any more than that about where it came from. I'd really like to get my hands on a copy of that font. Does anyone out there know its parentage and where I can find it? I did the obvious and checked the archives, but didn't see anything with a similar name. Hmm...for that matter, does there exist a "master database of fonts" anywhere out on the web? Thanks! keg * mailto://keithgatling@usa.net http://www.bigfoot.com/~kgatling * ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 01:09:24 +0000 From: JAMES BRUNSWICK Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #141 The attachment with this issue cannot be opened by my NETSCAPE BROWSER,because Netscape doesn't provide a plug in for the format used in the attachment. QUESTION = why send a file to a mac user, in a mac related ezine, in a format that a mac cannot access ? I'm not being sarcastic. I just don't get it. JAMES BRUNSWICK ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:41:09 -0400 From: "Norman R. Friedman" Subject: No dial tone Hi, I have asked this question previously and thanks to those that responded, This is the question I asked to Global Village, and their response. I have Mac Performa (PPC) which has an internal GV platinum 28.8K modem/fax. Problem occured last week after a mild thunderstorm. My modem is connected to my phone line. Previously, I would be able to connect to my email, internet and when disconnecting, I was able to immediatly use any telephone in my house. Now, when I am using my Mac (not using the modem) with the phone line going to the modem port connected, I cannot get a dial tone or if a dial tone occurs, the phone message that I need to hang up and redial occurs. Of course, then when I hang up, I do not get a dial tone. Disconnecting the line to the modem port then allows the use of the phone as usual. If I then try to reconnect the phone line to the computer and dial out, I get a "no dial tone" message. Immediate disconnect and reconnect then again allows for the use of the computer for email, etc. Of course, I could continue to plug and unplug for computer use and phone use, but I wonder if there is anything I could do to bring the modem back to its prior state. BTW, I do not think there was anyother electrical changes due to the rain storm. Their first automatic reply concerned using "Zterm" and "AT". They said that Zterm should have been installed in my Mac with the internal Fax/modem. I cannot find it on my Mac, using fast find. I wonder if Zterm can be found and downloaded onto my machine. Their next reply was that they are not responsible for the Global Village Platinum Fax/Modem which was installed at the Mac factory. Their reply: OEM Bundled Modems/Software Please be advised that the manufacturer of your computer supports, warrants and replaces the Global Village modem and GlobalFax software (if available) included with your system. Many parts of your computer, such as the main computer chip, disk drive, or monitor may have been designed and manufactured by companies other than the brand name on your computer. Global Village helped design and manufacturer the modem that came with your computer, but doesn't offer free technical support for it. Any further help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all for your help norm@helix.nih.gov ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 08:40:57 -0400 From: shorton@lr.net (Scott L. Horton) Subject: Q: Applescript task Hi, Does anyone know how to do the following to help me automate finder format backups of a few files. I wish to write a script that will drag files from one window to another on another disk, thereby copying the file to the new location. However, it will have to replace an older file with the same name. My limited scripting skills have me stuck. Thanks, Scott Horton ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 1998 03:30:20 GMT From: HImg28810@NoSPAM-1361.aol.com Subject: The Mac Revival Apple had another profitable quarter, the iMac is shipping next month, and they now have a focused OS strategy. CMPnet has just put together a bunch of articles on the Mac's recent revival. Take a look. http://www.cmpnet.com/special/0798spotlight.html?ls=wz_mac Here are some of the topics: - Will Apple a major player again? - Mac users are majorly gung-ho about the platform. - How did Apple get relevant again? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted using Reference.COM http://WWW.Reference.COM FREE Usenet and Mailing list archive, directory and clipping service -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:52:31 -0700 From: "NASA - ETTC" Subject: Two new technologies Hello, I work for a Technology Transfer Center. We take previously developed technologies and find commercial applications for them. The center works with privately funded technologies and NASA funded technologies. I would like to get your opinion on potential commercial uses for decoding Manchester Gray coded binary signals. The new technology offers a means of decoding optical wave division multiplexed Manchester Gray coded serial binary signals. The benefits are accurate and reliable transmission of binary coded spectral data, forgiving of variability in data spectral bit width and absolute wavelengths, and automatic level compensation of incoming relative spectral data. Could you please send your feedback to me at: camendez@usc.edu I appreciate your input, Caroline Mendez Director, Commercial Programs NASA FWRTTC, USC ETTC Hello, I work for a Technology Transfer Center. We take previously developed technologies and find commercial applications for them. The center works with privately funded technologies and NASA funded technologies. I would like to get your opinion on potential commercial uses for Manchester pattern faulty recognition, i.e., the acceptance decision for a decimally encoded data stream with a missing digit. The new technology offers (1) retransmission of information reduced by acceptance of data that is ambiguous only in the last decimal place; (2) less chance of confusing data bits with synchronization bits by use of a single leading and a single following synchronization pulse. Could you please send your feedback to me at: camendez@usc.edu I appreciate your input, Caroline Mendez Director, Commercial Programs NASA FWRTTC, USC ETTC -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************